@hayleycoombs: "well tonights look at a retreating Mars for me was a polar cap and a slight
dark patch across the planet, i was too tired to stop up for long."
    @sallyxparkinsx: "news:laM9b.484$<email_address>
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slight
Yes, saw it here from the top of a hill in Wales. Wonderful night with the
full arc of the milky way from horizon to horizon, pity about the light
breeze blowing my scope about but got good views of the polar cap between
gusts.  Started to cloud over a little just as the moon was rising so I
packed up and went home.
Sally"
    @hayleycoombs: "yes Ithought the polar cap looked more visable last night than it did for a
while, i tried out stacking 3 barlows last night a x2 on a x3 on a x2 with a
20mm eye piece, it certainly made the image  bigger, but not so bright  I
did start to play with the camera settings, the focusing got harder,,,
hopefully the home made focuser wont be long.
you must have some nice dark skies Sally?
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the
between"
    @petelawrence_nospam_: "On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:54:07 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Dworetsky"
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Mike - took a number of Toucam images on the 15th.  Experimenting with
the colour balance settings with the supplied software, I'm beginning
to lose my 'cheap tan' orange colouration.  I don't know if the same
adjustments are available with the Planetcam though?  Thought I'd
mention it as I recall a similarity between some of our earlier images
in terms of colour.
Image is here.  Colour's not perfect yet but it's being tamed!
<url>
Pete
Homepage at <url>
CCD/digicam astronomy"
    @petelawrence_nospam_: "On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:12:32 +0100, "Hayley"
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The variation in colour from different imagers is vast.  From a subtle
salmon pink to a garish orange. 
What camera were you using Hayley?
Pete
Homepage at <url>
CCD/digicam astronomy"
    @sallyxparkinsx: "news:55U9b.26$<email_address>
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Yes, excellent. Unfortunately, there are lots of streetlights just outside
my house but it is just five minutes drive to some really dark skies here in
Powys, Wales.
Must remember to set the scope up in a more sheltered spot
next time. <g>
Sally"
    @hayleycoombs: "its a philips one,, not a web cam i have pc control over many parameters,
such as gamma, shutter speed, gain, black level, colours, etc
Regards
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